Calendar stand and pad



(No Model.)

H. H. UNZ; GALENDARSTANDAND PAD.

Patented Nov. 27, 1888..

CALENDAR IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII 71/ IN\/ E NTOR UNITED. DTATES PATENT HENRY ll. IlNZ, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CALENDAR STAND Ann PAD. l

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No 393,528l dated November 27. 1

Amalieaiinn iilcdJanunry-il,1889. Serial No. 250,225, (No mmcl.) I

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that l, HENRY II. UNZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Penn sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Calendar Stands and Pads, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descr ption, reference being hadto the acconn panying drawings, which form part of this specification. v The object of my invention is to furnish an improved device for holding calendar-pads or paper tablets, &c., as well as an improved method of making a pad or tablet.

My invention consists in combining with a calendar-pad or paper tablet a stand or frame furnished with one or more lips, which hold the body of the pad or the piece of card-board .QLSDILUarilnaterial which forms the under portion of the pad, said under portion extending beyond the body of the paihaud, while firmly holding the tablet or pad, allows any leaf to be turned over, written upon, or torn away.

The calendar or tablet may be lurnishei'l with a scored, perforated. or hyphcned stump in any of the wcll-knownways, as is usual with calendars or pads, or may be without stump, as is usual in writing-tablets.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal central sectional elevation of a stand, showing the lip at the upper-end, said lip being formed by coring. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the lip being formed without coring, the base bc ing furnished with a hole to allow drawing the pattern from the sand, forming the lip without coring; Fig. 3, a plan view of No. i. Fig. l is aplan View, partly in section, of l ig'. 2; Fig. 5, a bottom View of Figs. 1 and 2. 'l ig. l is a plan view showing lips on sides of the stand. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of Fig. (i on line I 2, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view of Fig. 2.

A is the stand or f rame, which is preferably I made with an inclined top, as shown on the drawings. in Figs. 1, 2, 3, J, and 8 the stand is furnished with a lip, 1 at its upper end,

and upon both sides and bottom of the stand is the bend or ridge a, for holding the calendar pad or tablet in place. In these figures the stand shown is preferably furnished with a pad having a scored or perforated stump at its upper end, which is held by the lip ll, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and S, and this lip, in connection with the rim or head, holds the pad or tablet in place. i further hold the pad or tablet by having its upper our. held, as is shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, l, and S, by lip B, and the sides are held by lips D and E, projecting over the extended sides of the under portion of the pad, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, as will hereinafter be described. In Fig. 6 the stand is furnished with lips i) ll upon each side of the stand, and the bottom and upper ends of the stand are furnished with a bead or ridge, a. The calendar pad or tablet to be used is mounted on a piece of cardboard or suitable material, I), as shown in Fig. 7, this piece of material extending somewhatbcyon d the sides or body of the pad or tabletin order that the lips 1* may overlap them and hold the pad or'tablet in place. pad isplaced in position by inserting the cardboard carrying the pad or tablet under the upper ends of the lips D E and then pushing it down until the lower end bears against the rim or bead u at the lower end of the stand.

In usin the lips l and l) 1', the lower portions of the lips l 15 are cut away so that the pad is inserted at the lower end and pushed upward until it has reached its pl'opcr position under the lip l2.

In all the fignres the head A at the lower end of the stand is furnished wit h a depression, (3, in order that all the leaves may be readily reached by the fingers. The distance between the lip ii and the nppcrside of the stand is of snflicienthcight to allow the complete pad, in eluding the material upon which it may be mounted, to pass under the lip ll. the distance between the under sides of the lips D E and the upper side of the stand is of sullicir-nt height to allow the card-board or other unitsrial upon which the pad or tablet is mounted to pass under them. The upper portion oi the lip l3 furnishes a convenientsurlace for advei tising' purposes.

in order that the iron stand may notdefaoe the desk or table upon which it may be used or placed, I place in the bottom of the frame A a piece of wood, l .l igs. i, 2, and 5, which is held in place by springs (l, or in any other convenient manner. line or more sheets of blotting-paper, ll, are placed around this piece of wood and project into the stand, thus preventing the frame from coming; into contact in this stand the tablet or with the desk or table and providing a convenient blotting-pad.

Lclai m 1. As a new article of manufacture, a base 3. In combination, a pad or tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, one or more wings or lips projeetingfrom said base, between which and the upper surface of said base the pad or tablet is held, and beads upon said base, by which, with the wings or lips,-

said pad or tablet is retained in tion.

4. Incombination, a pad or tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, a wing or wings projecting. from the upper side of the base, and a head upon the lower end of said base. v

p 5. In combination, a pad or tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, wing or wings projecting from the upper end-of said base, and beadsnpou either or both ends of said base.

proper posi- 6. In combination a pad or tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, a wing or wings projecting from the upper end of said base, and a bead at the lower end of said base, a portion of said head being cut away.

7. In combination, a pad. or tablet, the undcr portion of said pad or tablet extending beyond the remainder of the pad or tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, and a wing or wings projecting from said base, between whieh and the upper surface of said base the extended portion of said tablet is held.

8. In combination, a pad or tablet, the lower surface of said pad or tablet extending beyond the remainder of said pador tablet, a base upon which said pad or tablet rests, and wings projecting from the sides of said base, and beads upon either or both ends of said base.

.9. As a new article of manufacture, a base for a'pad or tablet, the lower surface of which is provided with blotting-paper secured to said base.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand this 4th day of January, A. D. 1858.

HENRY H. UNZ.

Witnesses:

RICHARD S. Gnnln, Jn, V BUTLER KENNER HARDING. 

